çhiu

See also: chiu and chiù

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish tiug (compare Scottish Gaelic tiugh, Irish tiubh), from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.

Adjective

çhiu (plural çheey, comparative çhee)

  1. thick
  2. stout, heavy
  3. (weather) foggy
  4. turbid

Derived terms

  • co-hiu (“condense”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of çhiu
radical lenition eclipsis
çhiu hiu jiu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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